Disk Storage Systems Market Posts Highest Annual Growth Rate In Five Years

… “Quite frankly, we were staggered by these results,” says Joseph Villarosa, director of Yankee Group’s Small & Medium Business Communications program. “With the level of strategic value placed on connectivity over the past several years, it is surprising that so many SMBs have yet to adopt the necessary networking technologies needed to better meet their business goals. Although LAN penetration is higher than WAN penetration, our data suggests that there are 7.3 million small businesses that are still without a LAN and 1.5 million SMBs that should have a WAN, but do not! We see ample opportunity on both fronts for network equipment vendors and resellers to develop strategies to sell to this lucrative market.”